The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24

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can In truth be said that It's founia.
lions were laid by men Of Scotch.Irish
blood; that its infancy was nursed by
them and that on every battle
Geld where the flag Of the Republic
has q ,ated.they have, a. Tennesseehns,
teen among The q st and the boldest
Of the fighters In defence Of liberty. II
Ia scarcely worth while 10 remind our
readers that the thus byphenated name
Scotch.Irlsh is histor really aud sthui.
cally q, II ore was TO say Irish Irish.
Putting aside the tabled connection Ct
Scotland with Ireland by tongue
d land that long sgo disappeared be.
fore the tempests Of the North Scs, II
Is matter Of history that Scotland In
the early centuries Of the Oari,tlsa
era was peopled from Ireland, aud
that the mans Of Scotia then b)rns
by Ireland, was adopted by these
enikiau'o iuf tneh new isnu, Nh'ch
they called Scotia Minor, Ireland be-
ipg known a Scotia Msior. sepsra.
ton, segregation, distinctive interests,
the gloom and severity Of q rigorous
climate. and time. which works won.
drs. oil had their effect In the
formation OF an almost new race, and
even the language which the early
emigfants had taken with them be-
came stationary or corrupted 30 tina:
the Kettle language Of Scotland has
but little In common with the more
beautiful. richer and moro cultivated
Kettle language Of Ireland. Thus, Of
ter centuries OF growth In markedly
different directions the Irish people
and the Scotch bscame as distinctive
by the time OF Queen Elizabeth
as Tho Scsndinsvians are com.
pared with their brethren, the
Germans OF the North Baltic pre-
vinccs. The Irish'people had. the gre,t
mass oil them, retained their race pa
rity. whereas tho Scotch had inter.
married. especially In the low lands,
With porsons OF comparatively modern
Edglsh blood. Although this, to,
MAS but "A inierminglipg OF iraterEal
blood. the centuries that had sephrs ed
the Kolto from the Germans, were 20
masy tina, they had long before, eyen
In tho time OF Julius Crnr, been 81
distinctive IN 10 appear OF totally
different race Of men, aud not an on
shoot. "a they are, Of Vie great Ayan
raoo TO which all European nations
trace thsIt languages aud their bloc !.
Every observant American can Bee =
difference In general physical slruct.
ure. habit and speech, between him
eelf and an Englishmin. II these df.
fsronces could grow up In q little more
than 200 years, as they have, In the
lace Of constant and increasing inter
communication between the two
countrio', he eau caslly reIlzs wha,
the differences must h,vs been be.
twsen the Irish and tho Sso.ch alter
the lapse OF centuries, with q limited,
desul,ory aud precrlous intsrcommu.
nicaiol. Bat the mcsl marked change
Of all. wn that brought about by the
Protestant reformation. This for the
Scotch altered and changed their men.
tal direction. and led 10 the reasscr,
ton OF ths old Kettle Law Of lndivid.
ualism that Ia, that the individual
man stood for an entity, q power, and
all mon In the tribe consentiug, each
Of his own free will, made the
trlbs or nation. Eyory mau'l
voice was potent. Ga this basi,
the Kirk Of Scotland was 90
tAbiishod-"the right Of private iuds
ment." At his, lite practice was not Ia
strict acc ord ncs with thi, grsa, right
which the American Declaration oil
Independence declares inheres Ia al
men. Bat that was the spirit Of II
and tina, vas the spirit Of this pcopl,
who declared for the simplicity Of the
Gospel as Chris, loft II and that nc
othsr lntorcssSer than Him wa
known whereby men might be saved
From simplicity in the order o.